It is an elusive stain!! And yes on the water popping! I am getting ready to refinish a dresser and the Simply White is the look I’m going for. 2. Also, is it okay to stain wood inside the home or are the fumes pretty strong? 6. WOULD LOve to see samples of stains on cedar! Great information! Thanks so much for putting this together. Wow, I didn’t realize that about sanding! Any insight on how the gold would affect the stain color? I cannot thank you enough for doing this experiment and sharing it! That would be a lot of work but our house is small so it’s doable. We are so proud about this work. In the past, if what I stained was too intense, I mixed a little light grey paint with lots of water, brushed it over the stained wood, then wiped it off. I found that anything with even a slightly blue-ish undertone (some of the whitewashes and grays have) turned our floors lavender! Probably because we are getting ready to choose a stain for floors in the house we have been renovating. I have most of my new doors (they were about a $100 a piece, so they are poplar I guess, maybe birch) painted repose Gray on one side, but the other side I want to stain. Without being in the space we can’t really say, but one thing I would do is find a piece of red oak that matches the finish of your banister etc. And I LOVE that white stain – someone mentioned they cant find it – hope that isn’t an issue. Dura Seal Quick Coat Stains are a premium quality penetrating finish that can be topcoated in 2 to 4 hours. "Thanks for following along as we uncover our home's potential. Need your advice. window.fd('form', { The pine to me looked very different from my own experience. You want some contrasts. Frank and his crew are coming in next week to begin the staining process! Kind Regards, Susan 3. Did you wipe off right away? This is an awesome resource, thank you! I wouldn’t feel bad about painting it, really. Haha! This is the type of post I love since I learn from it and wouldn’t want to put the $ into it myself. and loving the color but they are not very easy to maintain in family homes. In the picture with only pine boards, they look a lot darker and much less gray. Your post was the clincher. Poor kitchen floors, they deserved to match! Great post idea. That was one my absolute favorite! Brilliant- thank you for doing the work . However, when we saw a bigger sample on our floors, we weren’t so sure anymore. So thorough. I’d love more in-depth stain experiments. Love my pine floors! Love this! LOL. Note: Stains look very different on different species of wood. Natural wood tones vary, so expect your final stain color to vary slightly from board to board. Now I can’t wait to do the downstairs, which are white oak floors. Would you do the simply white in a house that might be your forever house? It will really help me to choose the right product for the wood floor of my future house. But I’m not really sure about it. When given the sample deck, my favorite was the Ebony stain. $24.29. I’ve been researching for weeks and driving myself nuts with my white oak choice. Although, no red came through with the pine at all. PLEASE WATER MARK YOUR PHOTOS SO I CAN FIND THE PROPER SOURCE! Hooray for floor stain! I was going to use quarter sawn white oak vs. quarter sawn red oak. DuraSeal ® Quick Coat Penetrating Finish is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. How many coats of stain did you put on the wood samples shown in the photos? Sep 21, 2017 - Duraseal Stain on Red Oak Wood Flooring. thanks. Because there are so many items available to you, this can be a slow process. Do you think Provincial banister and spindles will look right with Dark Walnut stairs and floors? So Dark Walnut it probably is… and I’ll save the white/light colored floors for my next house! :D I hated every single stain on both oaks! Poplar looked a little bit like watermelon. We hope you feel welcome and maybe find inspiration, because we should all love where we live.". I wanted to point out 2 other variables though that would affect color, just in case someone with different results might be wondering why: 1. Thoughts? The white on the pine makes my heart race! We ruled this one out without reservation. :). We literally just finished stripping and sanding down pine stairs that had been painted and coated in sand by the previous owners… yesterday. We crossed this one off the list. I love the simply white but don’t want it to turn pink as it ages! I’m guessing Minwax sent you one directly since they sponsored this post? SO SO SO SOOOO helpful!!! THANK YOU. As beautiful as they are, wish we had stuck with oak due to the hardness factor. Still love the solid wood cabinets, still love the arrangement. And I didn’t realize how much I loved birch and poplar before this! I’m having a pine table made, but I don’t love any of those stains. Bravo! All of the wood types accepted the stain well, except the non-conditioned Birch side. Minwax makes DuraSeal so we knew the stain color would be the same. DURA SEAL Penetrating Finish is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. Duraseal also has a wider selection of colors. It absolutely helped me to decide on a stain color for our floors, and we will use conditioner, which I wasn’t aware was even an option! I was really impressed with it! Minwax Jacobean. This choice was Greg’s favorite. So helpful with all of the images and great descriptions! These don’t have poly on them. Oct 22, 2019 - Explore Stacey Yoong's board "duraseal stain" on Pinterest. Thanks for this! The unconditioned Birch side, again, struggled with accepting the stain, but you can also see the conditioned side of each board is slightly darker. Amazing photography as well. Minwax Simply White. The floors were refinished by a previous home owner, so I don’t know exactly what color to call it, haha. , I had to comment because I am standing in front of the stain display at Lowe’s and I am trying to pick a stain. Hi Maria! Minwax Pickled Oak. My one tip to anyone doing their own floors is sand everything evenly – we had a couple spots that we didn’t sand as consistently and those areas took the stain much darker than the rest of the floor. This is a fabulous post! It’s not even like it’s a huge price difference! I used Minwax Pickled Oak and it turned out gorgeous, for a first attempt. Your illustrations were fantastic and saved me from making a huge mistake. Ultimately, I think I’ll need to coordinate a color so that I can leave the inside of the cabinets gold, which suggests black to me. Yeah, it all depends on who you ask. which is not what I want.please help. We did provincial stain lightened 50%. Thank You! Or 3 coats stain? Minwax Dark Walnut was the first stain color that I fell in love with when I first started woodworking. I’m afraid of having the oil based turn simply white on white oak any bit of amber or golden. I loved pine with the lights and darks, but not the medium stains. The red oak… brr… nightmares of 1980s cabinets and heart cutout furniture. Please sponsor at least one more post just like this but with other woods and stains. !function(d,s,id){var e, p = /^http:/.test(d.location) ? Not too! Thanks for this post! But we did 3 coats. Great post! Olympic Stain 56500-5 Maximum Waterproofing Sealant, 5 Gallons, Clear 4.4 out of 5 stars 429. Is that weird…? Cabot makes a good one, and you can get it from Lowe’s. Call us crazy, but the stain will be going throughout the house (see floor plan here), so we want to make sure it’s absolutely perfect. This rich blend of oil and resin gives hardwood floors a soft, satiny sheen. We are about to have ours stained – tomorrow! I am thinking I will use a golden oak stain and if it’s not perfect I may add a coat of white over it. Did I mention we bought bright orange appliances by the Big Chill pro line? Did you ever regret not using J over the DW? Thank you, thank you, thank you! It’s a truly horrible color that’s hard to work with. Can’t usually see good stain variations anywhere online. It should! It’s a beautiful medium shade that doesn’t read yellow at all. The first of the dark stains we tried was also the more neutral in tone. Thank you for this helpful post! It’s funny, when looking at the picture that was the color I was hoping you chose! Especially learning about the wood conditioner. White Oak can’t take a bad picture. We sampled Jacobean and dark walnut on pine and our samples came out much darker than yours. Would you please share the technique you used on the simply white? Also was a polyurethane topcoat added which would yellow the stain some? I also tried with and without conditioner, which didn’t seem to make much difference with the darker samples. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. I will definitely refer back to this in the future. It took down the intensity and gave it a softer, slightly aged look. Love it! My suggestion would be to use a scrap piece of wood that is the same type that you want to treat, and test your different options. 145 Golden Pecan* 139/239 Rosewood. Good luck with your new floors! You’re right, there are so many iterations you could do of wood and stains. This post could not have been better timed for us! Anyway – thank you again! Minwax is my go to stain. Thanks again. Great article – one of the very best I’ve seen on the effects of Minwax stains on different woods. Riftsawn and quartersawn oak is gorgeous, but plainsawn needs to go away! In addition to our lighting experiments, we went through an extensive process of elimination to make sure we were making the right decision. Right now the jury is out regarding the pricing. Every wood species benefitted greatly from the conditioner with this stain. The ever popular and inexpensive Pine has yellow undertones. We’re putting down pine floors in our new house and I have probably eight cans of stain sitting a few feet away from me for testing haha! Dec 22, 2018 - Duraseal jacobean, dark walnut and red mahogany on red oak. Thank you so, so much for this exercise. It delivered rich, dark brown tones. Originally, the old doors, were all maple and at one point in the 80’s, my mom had the door facing the living area painted along with along with a lot of of solid-wood paneling. THANK YOU so much for this! What is the most popular stain color? Thanks! Do you know by chance if you could go over the Jacobean with the simply white to get some contrast? This is another mid-range stain color, but with a more neutral base undertone. Hi, I Am searching for best stain for cedar fence. Super helpful! Birch is a hardwood (both yellow and white) and rates a 4 out of 5 on the hardness scale. I’m going to give it a try. Very interesting! Doing an oil based poly over them vs a water based. 123/223 Coffee Brown. I’m about to make a few frames with pine and I’ll definitely be getting the conditioner now! But the Dark Walnut goes with our new wood floors and the vibe of our house better. I’m loving the simply white on the pine but I was hoping to get your opinion!? Have you found one color stain that makes them similar? Lastly, we thought it would be beneficial to see all the same wood type with different stains in one picture. I know I will always reference this post! I’m having white cabinets/white granite with greyish Island, and butcher block counters and white windows. When we looked at the swatches in the booklet, we really liked this stain. Yes, the harder (denser) the wood, like yellow or white birch or maple, oak, the more difficult it is to accept stains where you want darker results. Second time, I purchased wood that was a bit higher quality (a.k.a. Here is an interesting link on hardwoods: http://www.hardwoodinfo.com/consumer/rediscovering-hardwoods/types-of-wood/ Article you wrote was interesting and I will assist those reluctant to try staining to maybe give it a try. My best guess is about $30 less coming out of my pocket which will cover door hinges, door pulls and the shelf pins….. Im looking for the perfect stain for my coffee table made of poplar. totally perfect sponsored post. Thank you for doing this! I was also thinking it wasn’t sanded. The pine looks SO MUCH better with the conditioner. one i have used cuprinol dries to s shine. This is a really cool post. Dura Seal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish Wood Stain is a semitransparent stain formulated to seal, color, and provide exceptional durability when used on interior bare wood masonry surfaces. haha. I guess I’ll have to look up prices of birch next time I want to forego paint on my project. Ooh, I could see that! I’m surprised how subtle simply white was on oak, less painted white looking than I expected. Formulated to provide unsurpassed durability and simple maintenance. Try reactivating it to view this content. I only wish you could have tested all of them. Then came Dark Walnut. My first go around I noticed an embarrassing amount of blotching from the stain. If you are looking for the best wood flooring stain for you hardwood floor, choose Duraseal Quick Coat Stain. My only wood refinishing project has been a large table and even though it took a lot of elbow grease, was so satisfying and beautiful in the end and much better than just slapping white paint on it. This is SUCH a helpful post! This is absolutely one helluva valuable test and comparison. Any cherry or red furniture I bleach before doing all the other steps. We refinished and extended our original hardwood floors and there were gross dark stains on the original floors which didn’t sand out. Do you think the Red Oak with a Simply White stain would turn pink as it ages? We’re getting mixed messages from people…. Thank you SO much for doing this! Dark Walnut Stain, Quart Container. In fact, it looked almost pinky gray. The next day, our super-nice “floor guy”, Frank, applied them to the floor to let us see the stains on our red oak floors. It’s the perfect, medium-dark wood stain with golden highlights that show through the wood grain. Dura Seal Quick Coat Stains are a premium quality penetrating finish that can be topcoated in 2 to 4 hours. Hi Lisa! 128/228 Medium Brown. Ended up going with red oak and golden oak stain and the color is exactly as seen in person. I don’t have the same wood as the doors, to do samples on, but I’ve used the conditioner and sampled Red Mahagony (way too purple and dark), Dark Walnut (too dark), Special Walnut (a contender), Gunstock (way too orange), English Chesnut (not too bad), Cherry (very light) Honey (very dark!? DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish 175 Jacobean Hardwood Flooring Stain 1 qt Stains DuraSeal Quick Coat Penetrating Finish (175 jacobean sheen) is a semi-transparent stain formulated to seal, color and provide exceptional durability when used on bare wood and masonry surfaces. 141 Fruitwood* ... 171 Dark Walnut* 110/210 Neutral. I have several yellow and knotty pine (I think?) I am so glad I found this post and your blog. Oh and I’m spraying the shelf bracket flat black. I prefer Red Oak. I love the white oak with the simply white stain. Thankyou for doing this! White Oak has the most neutral undertones. Thank you for doing such a great post! The other woods took the stain well, with more redness coming out of the conditioned sides of the boards. My husband and my new contractor think I’m nuts. Thank you for taking the time to document and share the results ! yes! The easiest way to buy duraseal stain for lay people is online on amazon or flooring specific websites. It dries quick and doesn’t yellow! Thanks for doing this, it really is beneficial! I am sure it has something to do with the particular piece of wood. You can see clearly the wood’s color undertones (yellow, pink, green, neutral, red) but they aren’t nearly as pronounced. This was incredibly helpful. I’ve been struggling with finding the right color for so long now! On a side note, am I the only one that reads these blog posts in Julia’s voiceover since they started the podcast? We see a lot on the web about jacobean and dark walnut but not as much about antique brown. never regretted the choice!! Putting something on paper usually does change the color tone and it can’t really be judged until you see the real thing, especially since wood will soak some of it up. Thank you so much for doing this post. :). It doesn’t look like it from the red oak samples. 6. You guys did a fantastic job with this. Our flooring store offers every color in gallons and in quarts. I just want stained, modern looking doors. I think each wood species looked great with some stains and subpar with others. Finding the Perfect Lamp for the Living Room and FINALLY Tackling the Honey Oak Game Cupboard at the Bottom of the Stairs. Both brands offer most of the same stains, especially the more popular ones such as golden oak, gunstock, provincial, special walnut, dark walnut, jacobean, and ebony. simply the best thing I’ve seen on how various stains work on various woods Thank you for doing this. Looks great! And yes, the prestain saves the day on birch. It delivered rich, dark brown tones. Was about to get a bunch of milled pine moulding to stain dark walnut, but now I’m leaning towards the white oak – the stain really brings out the grain in the oak. It takes a stain well, is durable, inexpensive, and a good cabinet choice. Same. The pine turned more gray than anything. It took me forever to find this site! Hi- we are struggling between jacobean, dark walnut and antique brown. This was very helpful and appreciative. Also, did you have the floors “popped” with a water soak to better take the stain (I have read this tip elsewhere). Thanks for pulling this together! We’ve been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with about 20 different stains each. Is the Minwax conditioner a substitute for water-popping? You know what would make this complete? I’ll be 75 in January and am in the process of making my last big project – a daybed that will eventually be used as my casket. Nevertheless, it looks like we have a winner! Its unique formulation provides a surface that can be topcoated in two hours. See more ideas about duraseal stain, floor stain colors, floor stain. Over time, clear stained maple goes from an almost birch white to a really deep yellow gold. In our market the two colors that stand out are Jacobean and Netural. This is a wonderful write up. That’s so good to hear! I really love the Simply White and am considering using it on an antique mahogany piece. I had never used a pre-stain conditioner and also wanted to see the denefit of doing so. What do you think!? Minwax Golden Oak. I really appreciate the effort put into this and the comparisons are really useful. Looks like it could pass for walnut at a glance, especially with the unconditioned side looking like wood grain. DURA SEAL Quick Coat Penetrating Finish Jacobean 175. Love your post! It was extremely helpful. Full Disclosure on Sponsorships & Affiliates, Casual Friday: Polly’s Sleeping, Eating and Schedule at 6 Months old. Learn how your comment data is processed. And of course it is orange once again. By far the best post I’ve seen on explaining the nuances of staining wood. i want to try the white after sadning but i think ill do the walnut to match my dark floors and grey corrian counters. I am sanding a 18C vanity unit that is Chestnut. How many coats did you apply and how long did you leave each coat on for? Would that eliminate the pink? We let the conditioner penetrate for 15 minutes and then wiped off any excess and removed the tape and got to work applying 6 different stains to all five of our types of wood. I have a bit of a dilemma in that I have white oak floors in my newly renovated kitchen and original red Oak from 1930 on the rest of my main floor. Great Post! You lucky duck :P. Thank you, I just stained my floors with Jacobean. Thanks! Minwax makes a a few really great topcoats. Excellent resource. This is so useful!!! I’m guessing there’s no poly on top of any of these? This is the BEST ever and so thorough! I don’t know if everything else (floor, walls) is ‘cool’ if the tone should be warm? I wondered why the pine wood looks such a different color in the picture where you have all the pine boards next to each other vs. in the pictures with the Jacobean and Dark Walnut stains? I may do something with some blue glaze to help neutralize the yellow but we’ll see. Should I layer a bit of white and with a gray that I wipe off quickly? Really! I love this! thank you for showing me how to stain my red oak cabinets. Maybe a celebratory Ukrop’s cupcake will have to do until we move in, though : ). This maybe the most helpful blog post ever. We have aged red oak floors that are very orangey and when we reach the point of refinishing I’m trying to decide if I want to stain it with something to neautralize the red just a little or go light. containerEl: document.querySelector('#fd-form-5d767f96afdf3e000f968472') I have some white oak chairs I bought half finished from an antiques place and stained dark walnut… they came out like a dream. looking to refinish our hardwood floors. But then there is the world of bleaching! I think ‘General Finishes’ is better because as the author says it’s great for difficult to stain pine and it’s easy to apply for the person who has no experiences in staining wood like me. I’m going to need approximately 20 Bd. }); Your email address will not be published. Had I known that I would’ve picked red oak again for my kitchen although it’s not my preference. I’m not a fan of grey but I’m thinking if I sand off the varathene, would weathered oak tone down the orange????? I’m open to suggestions on which of the ones here to use or if you have something else I should look at (different color stain), let me know! You’d think MinWax would have this on their website. What a great post! Did you sand the woods before staining them? I am restoring a significantly damaged Gunn barrister bookcase….in oak….and your comparison has helped me finalize my choice! If you’re not having success with home improvement store products to get the color you’re after, paying just a bit more for a different brand can really help (or vice versa if you’re wondering why a different brand is giving much darker color). We took 3 feet of water, in our 1955 mid century home, with Hurricane Harvey last Aug. I’ve had one nightmare after the next, ever since. This is very helpful and well organized, thank you! My question is this: we ripped up the carpet and it looks like there is red oak underneath and the new wood that was put down in the new part of the house looks like a white oak. This post was super interesting! lighten, darken, turn redder, etc.)? I thought the pickled looked nice too. The first one is ‘Minwax Wood Finish Penetrating Wood Stain’ that you mention in your article. Required fields are marked *. Do you know how Chestnut stains? Hi! Other popular choices are Dark Walnut, Classic Gray, and Early American. White scares me with upkeep/kids but afraid stain won’t go with design I’m going for. I have a red oak floor I’d like to redo. Minwax recently came out with a Simply White stain and I’m in love with it! I’m interested in the simply white stain. I do need help though. Let’s start with Jacobean. I just wished you used cedar wood for this experiment (that’s what I’m using on my next project ;p), My only gripe is that I have been trying to find the Minwax Simply White stain, but it’s nowhere to be found both in stores or online. It helped me tremendously! I think the huge variation in poplar might drive me a little crazy, but birch does look awful stunning in those two dark stains. It’s a little smelly. Ft. of 6/4. if you have other ideas let me know. The wood is extremely dry. Definitely referencing this any time we have a staining project. I’m about to work on a project that consists of staining some wood, so would appreciate any tips! Help! Add Minwax Ebony color stain to this experiment! Very useful to see how various woods behave and really helps in choosing what kind of wood to use! Of course you didn’t do the two stains I’ve been wondering about (Provincial and Driftwood) but still ;-) Guess I will have to do my own small test for the stained shelves I’m installing in our wall nook. 'http' : 'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)) {e = d.createElement(s);e.id = id;e.src = p + '://' + 'widgets.rewardstyle.com' + '/js/shopthepost.js';d.body.appendChild(e);}if(typeof window.__stp === 'object') if(d.readyState === 'complete') {window.__stp.init();}}(document, 'script', 'shopthepost-script'); Your email address will not be published. Yes, this is my childhood home. Also, professional pros (the ones who take their time to listen to you and do the job right) always water-pop the wood when using dark stains. Thank you for your help, creativity, time and amazing design inspiration. Thank You, Thank You Thank You for doing this. We used Jacobean everywhere after testing a small area and it hid the old spots, and the old and new floors matched! I think you did a good job of investigating, with all the different lighting, what you wanted. I have debating about what the difference a primer or conditioner will make, this was a big help! After reading so much about poplar being “homely”, I thought it would behave closer to pine. Poplar looked awesome in almost every one except the Golden Pecan. Lisa did you end up picking a color? This is a really amazing comparison, greats job!! Do you have tips for re-staining newly nailed western red cedar shingles? So I remembered your post and whipped it up.. thank you. Birch did surprisingly well and the oaks were naturals. They look incredible. I’m looking for a medium toned, neutral-ish stain (I guess). I do wish we could take it further :) I have a half dozen (or more) cans of Minwax! A few posts ago, we talked about hardwood floor stain colors.As we mentioned, we narrowed down our options to three: Dark Walnut, Ebony and Jacobean. Birch rocked Simply White and Golden Oak. I had to decide quickly (insert problem) for selecting a stain and was not used to staining any type of cedar and made the mistake of teak (color choice). Tough to know! This is one of my favorite posts I have ever read – ! Thank you!!! A few posts ago, we talked about hardwood floor stain colors. From your testing I realized I can use the red oak since my stain although not as dark as the jacobean will make seeing the difference in white vs. Red oak undetectable. I personally like their water based Polycrylic. 5. But if it’s red oak, you could purchase a red oak board from Lowe’s and do a bunch of tests on your own to get the color right. I would also love to see more, especially different stains on wood used for fences. I will be making a stain choice this week. The next day, our super-nice “floor guy”, Frank, applied them to the floor to let us see the stains on our red oak floors. Would it be too white going that route? LOVE this post–very helpful!! We are building a house and trying to choose stains for maple cabinets and pine beams and French doors. Here’s how it went…. With stain, more layers likely wouldn’t help because the wood is still supposed to come through. I’ve never used a pre-conditioner but after a few not so great results, I decided to do so in the future. Thanks in advance for any help with this. like you said, i wish you could do more colors (was crossing my fingers i’d see provincial on here! It think it looks even better when it’s finished with an oil based polyurethane which really enhances the dark walnut color and the grain of the wood. However since the top gets plenty of use I put on a coat of varathene. Our floors are … a maple color, I guess? We liked the extra-dark grain, but didn’t feel like the other browns were rich enough. We tested a few for ourselves but this is helping me to find some direction in what to try next. Great job. Yes!! You said that birch is a very soft wood (extremely) which is incorrect. I am looking to build a platform / platform bed and I have white oak grey pink floors and looking to contrast it with either a less grainy wood like natural Birch, Maple, and not White Oak, but may want to stain it with a semi glossed Charcoal Gray. nightstands I’d like to refinish to make more at home — after this post I’m seriously considering stain instead of paint. Most excellent! We applied it then wiped it off after about 2 minutes. Every wood species benefitted greatly from the conditioner with this stain. THANK YOU!!!! ft./gallon Number of Coats 1 to 2 VOC 550 Shelf Life 2 years I loved this. Please be patient... We're looking up all of your individual pricing and inventory levels. None of the charts here state what kind of wood is being tested. Since I poured concrete flooring (this is our second flood) and it is gray and my walls are repose gray, the bedrooms, where most of the doors are, I feel – need a wood stain to give the rooms warmth. I thought this this was the most helpful, comprehensive site for wood floor stains. There is very little difference between the conditioned and unconditioned white and red oaks, but the other three definitely benefited from the pre-stain conditioner. I’m afraid we wouldn’t be able to tell you which to choose – far too many factors involved and we’re not there to see any of them in person. formId: '5d767f96afdf3e000f968472', Would the stain obscure more of the grain if left on more than 2 minutes? Do more!! Great post. I would like to stain it in a Jacobean Blend with gray 75-25, Dark Walnut or Espresso but I am not seeing many examples out there of Acacia being used or re-stained. It is the matte-est sealer I have ever seen or used. Is there yellow pine and white pine? 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